The migration of sushi in the US from "ew, raw fish!" weirdness to being so universally crowd-pleasing that it's a gas station snack does not get enough attention. It's an interesting microcosm of @Noahpinion's view that Japan is displacing France as the source of luxury status.
In the world's largest vacuum chamber, a bowling ball and feathers are used for a real-life demonstration of a concept Galileo first proposed over 400 years ago.
@TheStalwart But also, human perception is generally based on contrast, so I wonder if actually wage growth would be recognized by people more if the stock market were in the toilet.
@TheStalwart There's presumably some lag -- real wage growth has to persist for some period for it to be recognized and that period might be a function of how long wages stagnated...
@protecttruth_@jayrosen_nyu The bosses (and I am no fan of theirs) are just following the imperatives of their economics — if the bosses suddenly said, you know what? Let’s just ignore the ratings, they and their companies would be screwed.
Today the @dailydot is publishing months of reporting on the internet in India, which is the future of life online under authoritarian regimes.
Modi's Internet reveals how every single digital space is being targeted.
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.@catturd2 is of the internet’s most famous (or infamous) MAGA accounts. But he’s somehow retained anonymity, even in his own small Florida town.
@claire_goforth tracked him down and picked his brains. Meet Phillip Buchanan, the man behind the cat avi. https://t.co/0hgX0hKHNV
I'm looking for some help with web_crawlr, the @dailydot's newsletter. Scheduling, posting, & data stuff is a large part of it—but we are also interested in someone who would like to write a column about internet culture! Hmu with any questions! https://t.co/evHTgMk4yY
@Noahpinion Gender is irrelevant to the character but the archetypal stories are different:
The Heroine's Journey: For Writers, Readers, and Fans of Pop Culture https://t.co/KHjFgHlyzK